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Justin Langer's wicket was the first to fall, before lunch on Day One. How was he dismissed?

Caught Stewart bowled Jones. Simon Jones' first wicket in the series, proved to be his last as an ill-fated dive at the ball at long on ended up with him damaging the cruciate ligament of his right knee.

Ricky Ponting and Matthew hayden shared a record breaking second wicket partnership. How many runs did they make?

272. Batting together for more than 6 hours to break England's spirit on Day One.

Who took the most wickets in Australia's first innings?

Ashley Giles. Giles 4-101, Caddick 3-108, White 2-105 and Hoggard an unlucky 0-122 England's fielding on day one did not help these figures.

Who top scored for England in the first innings?

Marcus Trescothick. Trescothick 72, Crawley 69*, Butcher 54 and Hussain 51. All these batsmen got starts but could not build the big score necessary to come close enough to Australia's first innings total of 492.

True or false. Shane Warne bowled the most overs for Australia in the first innings?

f. Glen McGrath bowled 30 to Warne's 26.5

How many overs did Craig White bowl in the second innings?

11. CraIG White's 11 overs cost him 61 runs (including a massive 6 to Matthew Hayden to take him into the 90s).

What was England's victory target in the second innings?

464. Falling short by 384 runs.

From 2-3, England slumped to 5-35. In order, who were the three batsmen dismissed?

Hussain, Crawley, Stewart. First Hussain (who survived a very confident caught behind appeal by Gillespie earlier) was caught behing off McGrath. Followed by Crawley run out by a direct hit from Gilchrist after a late call from Butcher, who attmpted to run a bye off Warne. Then the luckless Alec Stewart was freakishly caught by Matthew Hayden fielding in a short gully position off Warne.

How long did England's second innings last?

127 minutes. Only Butcher with 40 showed any resistance to Australia's relentless attack.

What were Glen McGrath's match figures?

8-123. McGrath eight wickets were decisive but Matthew Hayden's 197 followed by his 103 in the second innings was the matchwinning (and Man of the Match) performance.